The wallpapers are in!
Now, I disqualified two out of the gate — I didn’t want to, because disqualifying things makes panda bears sad, and making panda bears sad makes me sad. But one of them had only a Ray Bradbury quote on it (and while I love Ray Bradbury, he is not the keeper of this site in ghostly form). The other one had a flowchart somewhat paraphrasingly terribleminds-related, but the material was original and my fear is that if the wallpaper ever went around, it would be attributed to me when really, it was someone else’s IP.
So, that’s that.
Now, your job is to go to the set of wallpapers and choose your favorite. The way you choose your favorite is easy — drop into the comments and identity by number which one you like the most. Do not vote for two. Just one. (And make it clear which one you’re voting for — sometimes people comment and go back and forth on which one they want, and that makes it difficult to see which one they actually like the most.)
You will notice that one of those wallpapers is one that has no number.
Because I have already chosen it as my winner, so it’s out of the pool.
That one is this reimagining of ARE YOU A REAL WRITER, my flowchart.
It’s by Rebekeh Turner, and it’s right here:
(View the original size version here.)
Rebekeh, you should totally contact me at terribleminds at gmail dot com.
And congrats! That rules.
Anyway, get to voting.
Use the comments.
Vote for one early.
You’ve got 24 hours (voting ends at 9AM tomorrow).
EDIT! WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO WINNERS.
First up: the winner, quite handily, of the voting, was:
#5! By CAL!
And I’ve also chosen a random winner:
#4! The bediapered penmonkey by LISA H!
Both CAL and LISA H — bounce me an email at terribleminds at gmail.
Congrats!
Kefirah says:
Number 5!
April 22, 2015 — 3:16 PM
john freeter says:
5
April 22, 2015 — 3:23 PM
Robin says:
Number 5
April 22, 2015 — 3:30 PM
Greg says:
#5.
April 22, 2015 — 3:39 PM
Kath says:
Ooh, number 5!
April 22, 2015 — 3:47 PM
Linda C Jaeger says:
Number 5
April 22, 2015 — 4:04 PM
Jemima Pett says:
Number 6
April 22, 2015 — 4:15 PM
abuzzinid says:
#2
April 22, 2015 — 4:40 PM
authormilligib says:
My vote is # 3 “fuck excuses – write ’til your fingers bleed” – CW
Definitely the one for me… Simple, not over-stated (I liked most of the others as well, but I felt like they’re just too busy for the site.) or too busy. And to the point. It won’t get done if you don’t just do it. 🙂
April 22, 2015 — 4:43 PM
leedunning says:
I’m going with #12. Crow clutching a Wendig head for the win!
April 22, 2015 — 4:49 PM
M T McGuire says:
I wanted number 5 with the words from number 7. But then I saw number 9 and the story baby was too good… And it has the word vagina in it.
So number 9 from me.
Cheers
MTM
April 22, 2015 — 5:00 PM
ashlie says:
This was my exact journey to 9….
April 22, 2015 — 7:57 PM
Terri @ Alexia's Books and Such... says:
#5
April 22, 2015 — 5:00 PM
Jennifer says:
Five is the clear choice. Three is great. But five tells the the tale visually and with words.
April 22, 2015 — 5:17 PM
Vicente L Ruiz says:
Five.
April 22, 2015 — 5:30 PM
Alyson Hart says:
#12
April 22, 2015 — 5:33 PM
meggincody says:
#6 Because words don’t make me money (and I don’t want them to) but Art does.
April 22, 2015 — 5:57 PM
A Green Anisodactyl (@ngc_457) says:
#4 – all day long, sweethearts.
April 22, 2015 — 6:01 PM
Bob Bois says:
5
April 22, 2015 — 6:03 PM
Brenna Faye says:
Number 2.
April 22, 2015 — 6:05 PM
Shara says:
Number 8.
April 22, 2015 — 6:09 PM
Josh Harrison says:
5.
April 22, 2015 — 6:12 PM
Melissa Clare says:
Number 2
April 22, 2015 — 6:16 PM
iconoplast says:
5
April 22, 2015 — 6:31 PM
Christopher says:
Number 5
April 22, 2015 — 6:32 PM
Annette Blair says:
#5
April 22, 2015 — 6:39 PM
unnaturallyspeaking says:
5
April 22, 2015 — 7:19 PM
Adarel says:
#5
April 22, 2015 — 7:20 PM
Colleen Vanderlinden says:
I’m going to vote for 5, because it’s perfect. I also love 2,3, and 6. (What can I say? I’m partial to “art harder, motherfucker.”
April 22, 2015 — 7:25 PM
Jay says:
The correct answer is #4
April 22, 2015 — 7:25 PM
MsShonnerz says:
This is hard but…8!
April 22, 2015 — 7:26 PM
bassplyr5150 says:
My vote is for #5 but it’s disappointing to not see any bee related entries.
April 22, 2015 — 7:30 PM
Kathy says:
#6
April 22, 2015 — 7:31 PM
sprogblogger says:
Five. But was hoping for facebees…
April 22, 2015 — 7:37 PM
ashlie says:
No. 9!
(5&6 were awesome, too)
April 22, 2015 — 7:59 PM
Kathy Palm says:
2
April 22, 2015 — 8:00 PM
tedra says:
6
April 22, 2015 — 8:06 PM
Gibber says:
12.
April 22, 2015 — 8:11 PM
warjna says:
#3, hands down.
I really love #5 and want it for my very own, but it doesn’t feel like Chuck to me. Not, ummm, visceral enough, y’know what I mean? Not raw enough. Safe enough for work and friends. #3 says it for me.
April 22, 2015 — 8:13 PM
warjna says:
Oh, and yeah, Chuck? I also like your winner. The flow chart says it all. No questions, juststraight shooting.
April 22, 2015 — 8:15 PM
Asheley says:
number 2. To the nth degree!
April 22, 2015 — 8:30 PM
Jessie Costin says:
#5
April 22, 2015 — 8:33 PM
dangerdean says:
#5
April 22, 2015 — 8:34 PM
Wendy L Curtis says:
No. 7 for me (although Rebekah’s was the best)
April 22, 2015 — 8:40 PM
lizaskew says:
12. Straight up.
April 22, 2015 — 9:34 PM
Andi-Roo (@theworld4realz) says:
#2. Because it’s Chuck-ish {and also me-ish, but that’s beside the point}: extremely crass but cleans up well. It’s pretending to be all fancy-pants, but it’s like an inside joke. Reminds me of Lilly Allen’s song “LDN” because on first listen you think it’s all happy, but when you read the lyrics it’s actually cynical as fuck. And also funny. Which is also pretty Chuck-like.
#5 would be my personal pick for my own desktop. But it’s too NaNoWriMo in overall tone. Which I love, for NaNoWriMo, but not as much for Chuck Wendig.
#9 wanted to draw me in, because story-baby crowning in vagina is obviously hilarious. But it didn’t quite feel right as a keeper, more like as a post-share-laugh-scroll.
So deffo #2, in case I wasn’t clear. And then I wonder why you’re asking us, when we are all so clearly not right in the head.
April 22, 2015 — 10:15 PM
sarmcwordery says:
#6; it had me with the lettering style finished with m’fer.
April 22, 2015 — 10:36 PM
Nancy Hendrickson says:
5
April 22, 2015 — 11:00 PM
JenniC says:
5
April 22, 2015 — 11:20 PM
D.R.Sylvester says:
12 is my absolute favourite, the only question: is that font free? I’d have thought it’s the late Sir Terry Pratchett’s font… My apologies if I’m wrong but just wanted to see if anyone has checked that it’s free
April 22, 2015 — 11:47 PM
susielindau says:
Found the typeface on Picmonkey! Thanks so much.
April 28, 2015 — 12:35 AM
lisaprose says:
12 is also my favorite!
April 23, 2015 — 12:05 AM
Cherrie says:
3 end of discussion
April 23, 2015 — 12:08 AM